gien

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (nor one). Cognate with Dutch geen.

Numeral

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gien

  1. no, none

Manx

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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gien (verbal noun gientyn, past participle giennit)

  1. to generate

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gien ghien ngien
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch gian, from Proto-West Germanic *jehan.

Verb

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gien

  1. to declare
  2. to admit, to acknowledge

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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Scots

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Verb

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gien

  1. past participle of gie

Yola

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gien

  1. past participle of gee
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
      Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
      We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114